"I heard that this skill was almost lost?"
While the outside world was bustling with noise, Ni Bingyan quietly led the camera crew to Huishui County, Guizhou Province, a Buyi village deep in the mountains.
The old man in front of him is named Yang. It is said that he was one of the only two craftsmen in the world who mastered the art of liquidambar dyeing.
"Yes! Liquidambar dyeing takes a long time and requires very high skills from the craftsmen. It was finally made. Compared with the materials printed and dyed in the factory, it is much more expensive, with fewer patterns and fewer colors. People are not interested in it. If we buy it, we won’t be able to make any money. Young people can’t support their families in Hukou. They would rather go to a factory to make screws than learn this, but it’s almost lost~”
In the stilted building of the Yang family, at the entrance of the main room, the old man was sitting on a long bench, looking at the camera cheerfully and talking to her in a friendly manner. He did not feel the cramped feeling common to old people in the mountains.
Because since Fangxiang Dye was designated as an intangible cultural heritage item, this is not the first time he has recorded a program.
Ni Bingyan sat on another long bench. Turning his head slightly, he could see the golden camellias downstairs.
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The air is filled with the strong fragrance of flowers. When you look up, you can see the mountains in the distance through the void under the eaves.
This year is a warm winter.
Just a few days after New Year's Day, the north is still desolate, but your province already has the breath of spring.
Between the two mountains, there are patches of golden rapeseed fields.
The flowers bloomed early this year, and these rapeseed flowers have begun to bloom, but if you want to reach the peak flowering period, you may have to wait until around the Lantern Festival.
"Now that industry has developed, manpower has been greatly saved, and materials have become abundant. In fact, people's lives are getting better and better. In the past, people could not wear new clothes all year round. Now, if you eat two bowls of rice noodles less, you can buy a pure cotton T-shirt. , it won’t break down after being worn for several years.”
With ready-made clothes that are cheap, durable, and come in a wider variety of styles and colors, who would bother buying cloth to make clothes?
Therefore, it is natural for traditional handicrafts to be abandoned by the times.
Why doesn’t the old man understand this truth?
But he laughed at himself that his craftsmanship was good, and when others pointed it out, he felt embarrassed.
Seeing that the old man was a little unhappy, Ni Bingyan chuckled:
"But now, you have found a new way out, haven't you? The good things passed down by our ancestors have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. There is a reason why they are worthy."
The old man's expression softened, it was because he had been scratched.
"A new way out? It doesn't matter! Although it's not wide, it's still better than being carried into a coffin."
"To be honest, before I came here, I saw someone on the Internet saying that the inheritance of maple dye was almost over. After I came here, I found that the local development was actually pretty good, and I was a little surprised!"
"Haha, it's still because of the lack of publicity that the inheritance is about to end. That was all many years ago, haha! I have taught dozens of apprentices in this training class! Now this skill is an intangible cultural heritage. With national protection and people who really like it, I believe it will not be lost again in the future."
"Grandpa Yang, I actually admire you very much. It must take a lot of determination to teach the family skills to others for free."
Mr. Yang waved his hand: "Hey~ don't praise me so highly. I am just poor and want to change. Now the reputation of Liquidambar has spread, and our products can also be sold. Not only has my family's life become better, but also my family's life has improved. People in this industry can also support their families, for us ordinary people! This is the most important thing."
This little old man was so cute that Ni Bingyan couldn't help but chat with him for a long time.
At the end, she wanted to go to the workshop to experience the process of making liquidambar dye. The old man even stood up tremblingly and sent them to the entrance of the hospital.
"Our biggest difficulty now is no longer the problem of continuous inheritance, but to expand its influence and let more people know about it, like it, and be willing to buy it and use it!"
The old man cherished this opportunity and even held Ni Bingyan's hand until the end, thanking her profusely.
"Good boy, I know you are very famous. Please do more publicity for us. If you can make money at home, young people don't have to go out to work! Hey, as people get older, they miss their children the most, and the mountains are so vast. One piece, I don’t know which side he is on.”
In the end, Ni Bingyan walked a long way, and when he looked back, he could still see Mr. Yang standing under the golden camellia tree wiping his tears.
Ni Bingyan sighed, his heart feeling a little heavy.
"I admire Sister Guo more and more now. It's really amazing to be able to integrate traditional things into fashion and give old objects new life."
The mountain road was difficult to walk, so Ni Bingyan carried a travel backpack and looked for someone to chat with while walking.
I feel really depressed and need to talk to someone urgently.
"Ahem, you are traveling alone now, so you have to pretend that we don't exist."
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Pei Jin shivered.
Ni Bingyan was so angry that he stood with his hands on his hips, eyes wide open, looking at him in disbelief:
"Is it possible that the camera has legs? Normal people know that I am a team player, right? Huh? Brother Biao, Sister Li, they are silent, you two can't ignore me, right?"
Good guy, when traveling alone, at least the four Vajras are guarding you.
I don’t know what the audience thought when they saw this scene.
Duanmu Li was helpless: "According to the rules, we are just tools. We follow you to prevent accidents. We do not interfere with your schedule, and we cannot provide you with unnecessary help."
"Hey, I'm so depressed, you have to talk to me!"
"What's there to be so anxious about? Everything is getting better, isn't it?"
A group of people walked on the thin ridges of the fields, with rapeseed flowers in bloom on both sides. Pei Jin controlled the drone to take many beautiful pictures, and gave her a close-up.
Not to mention, even if the beauty is wearing a jacket that is convenient for hiking, the mountains will become graceful at this stop.
The group of people walked along the path and finally saw the car. After a long bumpy journey to the county, they went straight to the liquidambar dyeing intangible cultural heritage workshop.
"You can experience traditional liquidambar dyeing here, and it also supports various DIY projects. I plan to paint a picture on white cloth later, but I don't know how the finished product will be?"
Because they had made an appointment in advance, they knew she was coming to film the show. The county thought of the miracle in Wutong County and had already made arrangements.
Not only did they send the most handsome and sharp-tongued craftsmen to explain it to her, but they also arranged production scenes for each link for them to shoot.
The most exaggerated thing is that the county also sent cadres to meet the needs of the film crew at any time. I just hope that she can promote this place well.
In this case, after Ni Bingyan listened to the craftsman's instructions, he dipped his brush in liquidambar mixed oil and painted a mountain village landscape with rapeseed flowers in full bloom.
"I saw a large sea of rapeseed flowers in the mountains before, and I still can't forget it. There was also a unique stilt house in the village. I had to paint it on it and take it home as a souvenir."
When this episode airs, many people will surely come to see Rapeseed Flowers and Diaojiaolou.
When the master who taught her heard this, he immediately narrowed his eyes with a smile:
"Our stilted building construction skills here are among the first batch to be selected as intangible cultural heritage! It's earlier than liquidambar dyeing. You are so skillful and you can draw so well!"
Ni Bingyan really didn't know this. After all, there were many intangible cultural heritage skills.
